omique (MH634r)

omique (MH634r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line glyph for the verb miqui (to die), conjugated here as omique (or, with a glottal stop it would be omiqueh), they died, shows a shrouded corpse in a horizontal position, with the head to the viewer's right. The wrap is covered with a mesh pattern and diagonal ropes or cords that hold the shroud to the body.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

omicq~

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
verb
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Death, decay, decomposition
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
Shapes and Perspectives: 
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
horizontal
bird's eye view
tied, bound, or bundled
Keywords: 

deaths, muertes, die, morir, muerto

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

miqui, to die, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/miqui

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 634r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=350st=image.

Image Source, Rights: 

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Miquetlan (Mdz52r)

micqui (Mdz43r)

miqui (Mdz43r)

Tlatzihuitl (MH834v)